Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-28

THE ANARCHISTS, APPEAL.
The Argamsnss csasinusd Before the
SaPrens Court to-day.
M oRNNELL srxAKs IN orrosrr1ox 10 rHs no
TON FOR WRIT Or KRRoR-uH rALxs ABour
TIE COMPOSITION OF tn. JuRY-oEN. BuTLxn
BEGINS ms CLOSING AR0uxxxr, &C.
the supreme Courtroom filled up more slowly
this morning than On the nrst day OF the argu-
ment IN the anarch.sts' casea The counsel on both
sides OF the casa were assembled some minutes be-
fore tho opening Of the court and the time was
spent IN looking over papers and reading refer
ences When the Chief Justice ana his associate
Justices had marched In nom the robiue.room two
attorneys were admitted to practice, and motion
was MADE oy Mr.. Tucker to advance some cases
on the docket Most OF the seats within the bar
nAo oy tnat time been taken, and ~ many Of the
general public as could ma room to sit or stand
Denind the rail- were assembled there. Many ladies
District Attorney Grinnell, who conducted the
anaIcniSt case for the State before the municipal
couis. ana who began the argument to-day, Is .
sSe rEa an1
ne young man with sandy complexion and .
ner: He stood with his fingers Just inside his
trowsers pockets and resting lightly on one elbow
n 1SSed shs desk and talked e the eight
70 Impress with his view Of the case case.
@ q The he ORIGINAL s
features In the history Of the case calculated to
mind the court that the petitioners were enemies
anarchists He was listened ed to with much at
tention ana apparent interest, and several OF the
Justices frequently asked questions OF him Of .
character to bring out more pointedly the potpts
ne was trying to make.
THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY.
When the Court assembled, Attorney General
Hunt OF Illinois. said that as he had practically
concluded his argument when the court adjourned
yesterday afternoon he would not speak further,
put would allow his associate, Mr.. Grinnell. TO
for Q writ OF error,
THE COMPOSITION or THE JURY.
MI Grinneh said that 1t had not been his inten-
ton to take part In the oral argument but having
some familiarity with the case, he would make
some suggestions. particularly with reference to
briefly the ground covered BY the argument OF AZ
torney Gen. Hunt yesterday, Mr.. Grinnel said that
SO FAR as the composition of the jury was concerned
there was only one man in 1t to whom any objec-
tlon was raised by the defense, and that was the
man Sanford. who,was the last Juror selected.
THE JuRoR DENKER
An attempt had been made, Mr.. Grinnell said,
to show that another Juror named Denker had
also been objected to, but in reply to that it
only necessary to say that at the time the Juror
Denker was accepted the defense had the right to
make 142 peremptOry challenges. II they had
OBJ cted 70 him very strongly they might have
clude him.
After reviewing. at some length, the cases of
Jurors Denker and SANFORD MIR. Grinneii said that
the common law. 1t was, he said, with some feel.
ing, representative American jury as good and
Intelligent jury as was ever looked upon. TWAS
u hp
were men who labOred with their hands. One OF
them was man OF foreign birth, and there was
not q capitaiist among them.
THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
With regard to the unreasonable search and
seizure" Mr.. Grtnnell said he did not desire and
this was not the place, TO apologize for anything
that he had done in this case. He believed, how
ever, that 1t had always been regarded as proper
70 deprive Q criminal Of the Instruments Of MS
crime and to use such instruments as evidence
against him. 1t had been done when the pistol
WAS taken by force from the assassin Guiteau and,
II ne remembered rightly, Guiteau's papers had
He recited the history of the mountaineering In
Chicago, and enumerated the articles such as
G Sn1 G 1y &C. which belonged 70 spies
been taken not from them but from the Arbeiter-
Zeitan0 once, the headquarters OF the anarchist
How did these articles come before the court2 but
WHAT DID they proven and again referred TO the
case OF Ker VS. the People OF llinois cited 10y the
GEN. BUTLER SPEAKS.
After speaking about f0rty minutes Mr.. Grinnell
closed, and Gen. Butler rose and objected to the
latter part OF MI. Grtnnelrs argument on the
ground that 1t went outside OF the printed record
General Butler arranged law book on the desk
before him with great care and elaboration, then
placed bis hand nrmly upon IL before beginning
his argument. He wore little bunch OF
pinks In his butt0n-hOle, and was cloLhed as
usual In q fuli-dreSS suit. As he proceeded with
inf hksr 1vsAn
attention by the audience outside the bar. He fire.
Quently struck the book before him with his open
hand by way OF emphasis and occasionally where
his trousers pockets and throw himself back look.
ing AZ straight as he could at the Chief Justice.
He asked Lne court for an extension OF time that
he might reply to statements made by MIR. Grin.
nell that were outside OF the question at issue anC
calculated to prejudice the petitioners.
HIS srATENENT OF FACTS.
He then declared that he would state the facts
in the case and asked II he was wrong in any Of
his statements to be corrected ny any gentleman
who was not an advocate OF "stealing men and
mems private papers" He referred freQuenti,
with irony to this stealing OF men, and breaking
into houses and stealing private property ~
some iaboring men, and some policemen were pre-.
sent. The police were armed and so were some OIL
the working men. bomb was thrown by
one was killed. There was no evidence that any
one OF the petitioners threw the bomb, or knew
anything OF 1t. Two only Of them were In sew.
eral miles of the place, and the wife and children
OF one OF them had been Just where the bomb fell
but q few moments before.
He said further that the men had been indicted
for murder, and for being accessory to murder by
giving advice, but that they had been convicted
Of conspiracy, thing the Indictment did not
charge them with.
TIE ARGUMENTS FINISHED.
Gen. Butler completed his argument at fifteen
minutes to O'Clock. That closed the case, and
the court proceeded with the docket
IT Is THOUGHT TIE PETITION WILL BE REFUSED.
It is expected that the court will give their de-
ciSlon very soon, and the general impression Il
that the petition will be refused.
Railroads in the streets.
4 CHARGE or oBsTRUcTIN8 NEW JERSEY AvINuE
Onicers Petritz and Royal have instituted pro
ceedings against william Elliott conductor on the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad for Obstructine